Tuberculosis handbook for professionals at health authorities
The completely updated and revised new edition of this handbook provides an overview of the latest findings and developments in the field of tuberculosis and shows how they can be implemented in the practical work of health authorities. In addition to medical questions of therapy and diagnosis as well as aspects of concrete case management by health authorities, the volume focuses on dealing with the structural and social circumstances that often accompany tuberculosis. The editors of the book are Dr. Martin Priwitzer, Deputy Director of the Health Department of the City of Stuttgart and Dr. Peter Witte, Director of the Institute for Hospital Hygiene at the Johannes Wesling Minden University Hospital.
> The book is available free of charge as an ebook here
The content includes the following topics:
- Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Germany
- Reporting system for tuberculosis according to IfSG
- Immunology of tuberculosis and vaccine development
- Microbiological diagnostics
- Clinical diagnostics of tuberculosis
- Therapy of tuberculosis
- Therapy of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
- Latent tuberculous infection and chemoprevention
- Data protection regulations, IfSG and SGB V for tuberculosis
- Case management
- Social case management in tuberculosis patients
- Case management in children and adolescents
- Environment of tuberculosis disease
- Environmental examination in children and adolescents
- Infection prevention and hygiene in clinics
- Infection prevention in medical practices and domestic environments
- Occupationally acquired tuberculosis
- BCGitis
The following authors have contributed:
Torsten Bauer, Justus Benzler, Bonita Brodhun, Roland Diel, Michaela Diercke, Teresa Domaszewska, Hilte Geerdes-Fenge, Michael Forßbohm, Udo Götsch, Brit Häcker, Barbara Hauer, Annette Hildebrand, Frank Kunitz, Albert Nienhaus, Ralf Otto-Knapp, Martin Priwitzer, Elvira Richter, Harald Seiberlich, Timo Ulrichs, Claus Unger, Christine Winzer, Nicoletta Wischnewski, Peter Witte
296 pages, softcover, € 18.95 (for institutions of the AÖGW member states, otherwise € 26.95) incl. 7% VAT.
The publication is available free of charge as an e-book: doi.org/10.61163/hbtbaufl3
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